South Kitsap Helpline

Analysis

South Kitsap Helpline is a registered charity in United States, based in Port Orchard, WA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 1983, 43 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending September 2022, South Kitsap Helpline reported income of $1.8m and spending of $1.7m, spending 95% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from September 2019 to September 2022, income fell from $1.8m to $1.8m (-1.7%), an average of -0.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2020, when income rose by 42%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, South Kitsap Helpline sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile, and in the 85th percentile within WA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Seneca County Agricultural Society Inc ($1.8m), The Clothes Less Traveled Thrift Shop Inc ($1.8m) and Jewels Helping Hands ($1.8m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending September 2022, revenue came from contributions and grants 99% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $253k. At year end it held assets of $1.6m against liabilities of $15k, net assets of $1.5m. It reported 17 employees.